H3990 - מַאֲפֵל (maʼăphêl)

H3990 מַאֲפֵל (maʼăphêl) mah-af-ale'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

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Quick Definition

darkness

Strong's Definition

something opaque

Derivation: from the same as H651 (אָפֵל);

KJV Usage: darkness.

TWOT Reference: 145e

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) darkness

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3507

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

darkness

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַאֲפֵל maăphêl BDB Definition: 1) darkness Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from the same as H651 Same Word by TWOT Number: 145e Total KJV Occurrences: 1

Bible Occurrences (1)

24:7

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H3990 in Scripture (BSB)

Joshua 24:7

So [your fathers] cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between... you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.